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AN 8.18PTS AN 4.197Bandhana 21 min read

Catching (2nd)

Dutiyabandhanasutta

A man imprisons a woman in eight ways.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.18Numbered Discourses 8.18
  • 0.22. Mahāvagga2. The Great Chapter

0.3DutiyabandhanasuttaCatching (2nd)

1.1“Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, ākārehi puriso itthiṁ bandhati.“Mendicants, a man catches a woman using eight features.1.2Katamehi aṭṭhahi?What eight?1.3Ruṇṇena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;With weeping,1.4hasitena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;laughing,1.5bhaṇitena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;speaking,1.6ākappena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;appearance,1.7vanabhaṅgena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;gifts of wildflowers,1.8gandhena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;scents,1.9rasena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;tastes,1.10phassena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati.and touches.1.11Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahākārehi puriso itthiṁ bandhati.A man catches a woman using these eight features.1.12Te, bhikkhave, sattā subaddhā, ye phassena baddhā”ti.But those beings who are caught by touch are well and truly caught.”

1.13Aṭṭhamaṁ.